|
CHAMPIONSHIP
GAME
Mohawk Valley Christian
Academy 64, River Valley Mennonite School 53
MOHAWK VALLEY (15-2)
- Bruce Pavlus 6-11 3-4 16; David Haas 5-10 3-4 15,
Mike Gorman 3-6 1-5 7; Josh Purpura 6-12 0-0 12; Bill
Arthur 4-8 0-1 10; David Purpura 2-5 0-0 4;; Nolan
Little 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 26-52 7-14 64.
RIVER VALLEY (12-2)
- Tanner Zehr 5 0-0 12; Ben Moser 6 7-11 19; Lucas
Widrick 4 1-2 10; Ken Russell 2 5-6 9; Greg Paine 1 1-2
3; Isaac Gingerich 0 0-1 0; Phil Hertzler 0 0-0 0;
Totals 18 14-22 53.
Mohawk Valley
Eagles 15 8 17
24 - 64
River Valley Royals
8 13 16 16
- 53
Three point goals – MVCA 5 (Haas 2, Arthur 2, Pavlus 1);
RV 3 (Zehr 1, Widrick 1)
The Mohawk Valley Eagles won their third NCAC Boys
Tournament Crown by defeating the River Valley Royals
64-53 Wednesday night at Rome, NY. The two teams had
split their regular season meetings each winning on the
road, and earned the right to face each other for the
league championship by winning their semifinal matches
on Tuesday.
The Eagles saw all 5 starters score in the first quarter
to jump out to the 15-8 lead then River Valley outscored them 13-8 in
the second quarter to cut the lead to two at halftime
23-21. The Royals kept within striking distance for the
first few minutes of the third period and pulled ahead
by one point on a shot by Ben Moser. But Bruce Pavlus
answered right back with a score of his own and followed
it up with a 3 point goal on the next possession. The
lead held at 3 after the 3rd period. The
Eagles then went on a 6-0 run capped by a backdoor cut
by Josh Purpura for the lay in. Lucas Widrick scored 8
of his 10 points in the final period to keep it close
but threes by David Haas and Bill Arthur down the
stretch kept the game out of reach. With 2:51 to play
and the Eagles up 57-48, River Valley forced two straight
turnovers. Ben Moser was put on the foul line and hit
both free throws then scored on a slashing drive to the
basket on the next possession to narrow the lead to
57-52. The Eagles widened the gap once again when David
Haas found a cutting Mike Gorman in the lane who made
the shot and was fouled on the play. Gorman hit the
free throw and the Eagles led 60-52 with less than a
minute left to play. Forced to foul,
River Valley put Bruce Pavlus on
the line who calmly hit both ends of the one and one.
Ben Moser was then fouled on the inbounds pass and hit
one of two. With less than 12 seconds to play, David
Haas was fouled and hit both free throws for the final
64-53 score.
Bruce Pavlus led a balanced Eagle attack with 16
points. David Haas had 15 while Josh Purpura and Bill
Arthur added 12 and 10 points respectively. Ben Moser
led all scorers with 19 points while Tanner Zehr added
12 and Lucas Widrick 10. |
GAME
RESULTS
